BioWare Data Reveals Mass Effect 3's Most Popular Names

What is Commander Shepard's first name? According to BioWare's data, the most common name players give him or her is John or Jane, the defaults in the game. Alex and Sarah are the popular choices in other territories.

The image below shows the top choices for each gender in English-speaking countries, with the most popular customized choices in other languages below.

Is your Commander Shepard represented in these statistics? Let us know about your Shepard in the comments.

Our TakeIt would appear a large percentage of Mass Effect 3 players are lazy and didn't take the time to change the name. Of course, John and Jane are common names and could top the list even if BioWare didn't offer a default, but for the sake of debate, BioWare should set uncommon names as the defaults for the next Mass Effect. Might I recommend Joffrey and Sansa?

This really doesn't matter in the big scheme of things. Many people just stick with the base names due to the fact that character names won't change the overall story in games. It's just an in game alias. People get creative when the name they choose follows them to other games like Xbox Live or PSN, unlike PC with steam and other game clients.

I disagree.. Myself, if the character is named John Shephard then that's who he is no reason to change it as there is legend around him. This isn't like building a character from scratch in other RPG's, they give you John Shephard and then ask if you want to change it.